The intrinsic value of USD is near zero. Useful in a post-apocalyptic as fire kindling, and not much else. Its perceived value is powered through the USA's mass

The intrinsic value of USD is near zero. Useful in a post-apocalyptic as fire kindling, and not much else. Its perceived value is powered through the USA's massive military, political, economic, and financial power. Perhaps Bitcoin has a perceived value as a mechanism of subversion of such a hegemony. Or maybe it's just a vehicle of speculation. Either way, no modern currency has intrinsic value.